Holder for pistols or revolvers



April 6 ,1926. 1,579,552

M. N. LUDLOW HOLDER FOR PISTOLS OR REVOLVERS Filed March 31 1924 MYy g/AZLZMVOM Patented Apr. 6, 1926.

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STATES MARGERY N. LUDLOW, OF ALTADENA, CALIFORNIA.

HOLDER FOR PISTOLS OR REVOLVERS.

Application filed March 31,1924. Serial- No. 703,274.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARGERY N. LUDLoW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alt-adena, in the county of Los Angeles, State of California, have invented a new and useful Holder for Pistols or Revolvers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a holder, the purpose of which is to enable a revolver or pistol to be held ready for instant use, to protect a person, for example in an at tempted robbery or hold-up. The general object of the invention is to provide a device for this purpose which is of very simple con struction and which can be very readily attached in an inconspicuous place, to a support. The holder may be secured within an automobile and within convenient reach of the driver, or it may be mounted in a convenient position in a desk in a bank or in an ofiice where money or valuables are handled. A. further object of the invention is to provide a device of this kind which can be readily constructed from a short rod or wire; also to provide a construction which will enable the device to be made from a blank of very simple form, which blank can be constructed from a short rod or wire, A further object of the invention is to construct the device so that the weight of the pistol or revolver assists in retaining it on the holder.

Further objects of the invention will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel parts a and combination of parts to be described hereinafter, all of which contribute to produce an eficient holder for pistol or revolver.

Apreferred embodiment'of the invention is described in the followingspecification, while the broad scope'of "the invention is pointed outin the appended claims.

In'the drawing:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation and partial section showing part of an automobile and illustrating the holder attached to the instrument-board and supporting .-a revolver.

Fig. '2 is avertieal section taken through the edge of a desk andillustrating the device supportinga revolver and attached beneath the desktop.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a preferred prises a projecting stem adapted to be received within the barrel of the pistol or revolver, and having a keeper which is constructed so that it resiliently engages a side of the pistol, pressing the same against the stem; this pressure is a yielding pressure so that if sutficient force is exerted upon the pistol it can be instantly drawn out of the holder.

In a preferred embodiment of the holder the stem 1 is constructed so that it extends transversely from the plane of a foot or baseplate 2, said foot being preferably integral withthe stem and provided with holes 3 to receive screws to fasten the holder in place. In addition to the stem 1, the. plate 2 supports a keeper 4 which has a part or extension 5 lying near the side of the stem 1 and preferably extending substantially parallel with it. The keeper 4 may be also formed integrally with the plate 2 and is divided into two forks 4 and 4 In practice, I prefer to construct the holder from a short bar of metal such as wire of large diameter. In order to do this I-produce a blank 6 having the features of construction illustrated in Figure 6. In order to form thisblank I flatten the rod or bar near its middle portion to form the plate 7 which will eventually constitute the foot or base-plate 2. 'I then form a longitudinal slit or slot-8 in one end of'the bar. I form holes -9 for-thescrews in the plate '7 and I then bend the blank up to give itthe form illustrated'iifFigures Sand 4; however, before doing this, '.I spread the split I end of the bar so *as'to form the two iforks 4 7 and 4. and "I swagethe ends of the iforks to form .the extensions 5 so that they present concave faces 10 toward the steinliand convex faces on then ,outer: sides.

After the holder has been bent into this p to utilize the weight of the pistol or revolver toincrease the clamping effect of the extensions 5. This effect is clearly illustrated in Figure 5, an inspection of which will show that as the stem 1 is deflected slightly downwardly by the weight of the barrel, the barrel wedges itself in between the concave faces 10 of the extensions.

Furthermore, in order to facilitate the placing of the pistol in position, I prefer to form the extreme tips of the extensions 5 with inclined or outwardly curved faces 12 (see Figure 3"), the effect of which is to produce two throats or angles 13 on each side; as the tip of the stem 1 projects slightly beyond the extremities of the extensions 5, it will be evident that if the muzzle of the pistol is slipped over the stem 1 it will engage the faces .orcheeks12 and shove-the resilient forks P and l apart so as to permit the gun barrel to slide into position. The extensions 5 may be of any desired length, but I prefer to make. them sufliciently long to engage with the magazine 14 of a revolver, such as the revolver 15 illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. r

In Figure 1 the holder is represented attached to the face of the instrument-board 16 of an automobile, so that the stem 1 inclines upwardly. It is not necessary that the stem 1 project exactly at right angles to the plateZ, but it is desirable that it should incline upwardly towards its tip at a suf ficient angle to insure that the pistol will nottend to fall off.

If desired, the holder may be attached ata convenient point on a desk." In this case, I prefer to attach the foot plate to an angle bracket 17, secured on an inner side wall 18 of the desk and at a short distance below the desk top 19.

If desired, the holder may be mounted by attaching the foot-plate 2 on the floor of the automobile in a convenient place near the driver.

The holder operates to support a pistol or revolver in such a way thatiit will be held motionless and at the same time it can be drawn for instant useby simply seizing the handle of the revolver and pulling it backwards. I j

I is a erst cd that the emb d ment-st the invention described herein is only one of the many embodiments this invention may take, and I do not Wish to be limited in the practice of the invention, nor in the claims, to the particular embodiment set forth.

I In practice, where it is desired to have the holder maintain its proper adjustment indefinitely, I prefer to construct it of a good quality of steel or similar resilient metal.

What I claim is 1 1. A holder for a pistol or revolver, having afoot constructed to be attached to a support, having a straight stem extending from the-foot transversely to the plane of the foot of a diameter to be received within the barrel of the pistol, and operating to pass into the barrel of the pistol and a keeper arranged parallel with said stem and engaging the pistol and pressing the same against the stem. 7

2. A holder for a pistol or revolver, having a foot constructed to be attached to a support, having a straight stem extending from the foot transversely to the plane of the foot of a diameter to be received within the barrel of the pistol, and operating to pass into thebarrel of the pistol, and a kee 361' having two extensions lying substantia ly parallel with the stem and constructed of resilient material,.said extensions operating to press the side of the pistol and hold the same yieldingly on the stem.

8. A holder for a pistol or revolver having a foot in-the form of a plate adapted to be attached to a support, said plate having a substantially straight integral stem project-- ing therefrom at one end of the plate and of a diameter to be received within the barrel of the pistol, and a keeper in the form of a bar integrally connected with the other end of the plate and having two forks extending substantially parallel with the stem, said .keeper beingresilient so that said forkspoperate to press the side of the pistol toward the stem and hold the same yieldingly on the stem. 1

i. .A holder for a pistol or revolver having a substantially straight projecting stem constructed to engage and support the barrel of the pistol and operating to pass into the pistol barrel, and a keeper having a pair of forks with'substantially straight extensions operating to engage the pistol on each side to retain the same on the stem, said keeper being resilient and said extensions .beinglocated slightly below the stem where- 'by the weight of the pistol tends to wedge it down between the extensions and increase the holding effect of the keeper.

Signed at Los Angeles, California, this 24th day of March-1924.

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